[pkg-kolab] Kolab debian packages - current state

[Mathieu Parent]

Hi Paul,

2013/11/28 Paul Klos <kolab at klos2day.nl>:
> Just a recap of my understanding so far and some questions as well.
>
> So, I created an account on alioth and requested access to the collab-maint project on alioth.

I prefer that you move them to pkg-kolab group. I have added you to the team.

> 4 kolab-related projects have already been created:
>
> - libkolabxml
> - libkolab
> - pykolab
> - roundcube-plugins-kolab - is this the old package by this name, or roundcubemail-plugins-kolab renamed?
>
> These are not all, but should give us a good starting point.
>
> We also have one bug (#724845, spelling error in control file) against the current libkolab_0.4.2-7 in debian, and also a packaging request (#730600).
>
> I've synced libkolab with what was in the kolab packaging repos, so libkolab on alioth is now at 0.4.2-7 as well.
>
> I've imported upstream version 1.0.1 of libkolabxml, but I haven't been able to build it yet.
>
> Since libkolab depends on libkolabxml, I reckon we need to get libkolabxml upgraded first, then work on libkolab, of which there is also a newer upstream version.
>
> Current roundcube version in sid/jessie is 0.9.5, whereas kolab has a 1.0 development version. I'm not sure what's the minimum required version for kolab 3.1, but maybe we'll need to get that upgraded for  roundcubemail-plugins-kolab.
>
> When these packages were hosted on the kolab repository, I used the debian/patches dir. I read about using patch branches, but haven't in fact used them. Is there a debian best practice?

See https://wiki.debian.org/GitPackaging and
https://wiki.debian.org/GitPackagingWorkflow.

> I think we should have a close look at the various kolab meta-packages and fix the dependencies, because this has been a weakness in the debian packages so far. Providing the  providing the possibility to install kolab across multiple servers (for example separate ldap, web and mail servers) would be a major improvement.
>
> Finally, is there an IRC channel where people hang out? Sometimes that's easier than email

I'm not that active in that team anymore (lack of time). I still try
to give some advice when needed.

Regards
-- 
Mathieu Parent